# bash

> English word · Verb · IPA /bæʃ/ · frequency rank #9,441

## Definitions
1. To strike heavily; to beat.
2. To collide; used with into or together.
3. To criticize harshly.

## Etymology
From Middle English *basshen, *basken, likely from Old Norse *baska (“to strike”), akin to Swedish basa (“to baste, whip, lash, flog”), Danish baske (“to beat, strike, cudgel”), German patschen (“to slap”)

## Easily confused with
- **BS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bs)
- **BH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bh)
- **bus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bus)
- **bay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bay)
- **bat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bat)
- **bis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bis)
- **BTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bts)
- **BCS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bcs)
- **BDS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bds)
- **BBS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bbs)
- **BSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bsa)
- **bes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bes)
- **baz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-baz)
- **bps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bps)
- **BLS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bls)
- **Bau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bau)
- **BFS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-bfs)
- **best** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-best)
- **both** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-both)
- **boss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bash-vs-boss)

## Common misspellings (6)
`absh`, `bahs`, `bashh`, `bassh`, `bbash`, `bsah`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bash